This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created.

The diversity visa program is eliminated.

Annual immigration levels are revised.

The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased.

The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to their country of origin.

No federal, state, or local government entity or individual may prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with the immigration laws or assisting related federal law enforcement activities.

In other words, anyone in the US must have a national ID card, one approved by Homeland Security in their new system.

You may say, “Well, OK, I already have a driver’s license and I have to have that and a Social Security card (which our predecessors were told would never be used as an ID card), so what’s the big deal?”

The big deal is that the Social Security card was intrusive enough and has caused countless thousands of Americans tremendous problems with identity theft. As for a driver’s license, it is issued by each state, not the central government. Now, they are wanting biometrics, as well.

Additionally, former Texas congressman Ron Paul, who has been warning against E-Verify for years, has taken a step to start an online petition against the portion of the legislation.

“This is exactly the kind of fight that can decide whether a republic descends into tyranny,” he wrote. “This new National ID scheme filled with biometric information, linked to a federal database would be required for every American to work – and could include all sorts of other information like gun ownership, religious beliefs, and political involvement.”

His petition that individuals can send to their representatives and senators states:

Whereas:

Privacy from government is a chief cornerstone of our liberties, enshrined in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and

Whereas:

The “Securing America’s Future Act,” H.R. 4760, establishes a mandatory National ID system requiring all Americans to carry a government-approved ID containing “biometric features”; and

Whereas:

Without this card, Americans would not be able to legally hold a job; and

Whereas:

This National Database could expand to include American citizens’ gun ownership status, religious beliefs, political affiliation and virtually anything else at the stroke of a President’s pen; and

Therefore:

I urge you to oppose any legislation requiring U.S. citizens to obtain a National ID – or any other bill that would establish a national database storing ANY information on American citizens.

Dr. Paul also reached out to his supporters and informed them that the national ID cards “could expand to include American citizens’ gun ownership status, religious beliefs, political affiliation and virtually anything else at the stroke of a President’s pen.”

“Now, using the momentum behind Trump’s tough talk on immigration and border security, I’m afraid the statists believe the best way to finally enact their National ID scheme is by promoting their bill on Capitol Hill as a ‘DACA fix’ while they sell it to the GOP base as a border ‘security’ measure,” Paul added.

Instead of ensuring a secure border by actually securing them, Paul writes the national ID will be used “to create an all-out police state within them.”

First, every worker would have to ask permission from the federal government to get a job. American workers shouldn’t have to beg or plead to anybody to get permission to work. Being employed should be a private agreement between an employer and employee. Period. The government should get out of the way.

Second, carrying around government papers with biometric identification on it conjures up images of a more technologically savvy Oceania or East Germany. No thanks.

Third, the system will exclude millions of legal workers by accident and fail to catch the majority of undocumented immigrants. For instance, if E-Verify were instituted nation-wide 3.6 million Americans would be denied employment each year and have to visit the Social Security Administration to correct their records. The employer either fires them or delays training. Will a biometric ID card make this system better? How does that help American workers?

Fourth, it will cost businesses up to $800 to buy a scanner. Or as Senator Chuck Schumer says, employers can just go down to the DMV. Senator Schumer doesn’t know squat about running a business. The last thing an employer wants to do is spend time at the DMV when he could be spending it improving his business. And all this during an economic slump!

Fifth, it would treat every American like a criminal by requiring them to enter their most intimate and personal data into a government database. One of the benefits of not having committed any crimes is that my information is not in a government record office. I’d like to keep it that way.

America, this is the same mess that was being advanced by Democrats under Obama. Now, it’s being advanced by Republicans under Trump.

Are you going to wave your hand and say it doesn’t matter because Trump may wear your team’s jersey or are you going to let your voice be heard? Trump promised no amnesty. Yes, I know, he has kept some promises and disregarded others, but this one definitely affects every single American, including you and while the Constitution does allow for Congress to write immigration law, it has given no authority for this kind of intrusive measure against American citizens. Zip, Zero, Nada.